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Pixel 7a new is $500.
Pixel 7a from this site is $950. As far as I can tell this is just the stock Pixel 7a.
That's $450 for someone to install grapehenos for you. I'm sure that's a good value proposition for some people.
Now consider the nitrophone 3a. https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/nitrophone-3a-506?search=nitrophone#attr=793 it is a pixel 7a, with optional removal of all of the sensors microphones cameras, as you like. Physical removal. And that comes to 950 Euros.about $1050. If you leave all of the sensors on it's 715 eur, or 770 USD.
So that's only $270, to get somebody to install grapheneos on your phone for you.
I personally wouldn't buy the nitro phone, but it's interesting in the context of the menu.
For those unaware installing grapheneos it's very easy. They have a website, that'll do the entire installation for you. You just plug in your phone
This is always the case with everything, if you are lazy you will pay double.
Just in case someone reads this wondering if it's a lot of work or complicated to install graphene, it's not. Looking through the instructions is a good idea if you're planning this. Of course you need some tech literacy, but this is one of the easier firmware updates around.
Degoogling can be hard, though. I still recommend it. Get started at least.
I actually installed Graphene for the first time a few days ago via the web installer.
It's dead simple. Click where it tells you on the page, accept on the phone, repeat until done. My only problem was Windows which took three times to recognize it had in fact installed the driver it said it installed.
My first custom ROM. If I had Linux or MacOS available I would not have needed the driver.